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<br />REGULAR MEETING MAY 26, 1987
<br />the Area to be devoted to public ways, levees, sewerage, parks, playgrounds and
<br />other public purposes; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Commission has readopted the South Bend Central Development Plan
<br />(Development Plan) to serve as the plan for the redevelopment of the Area; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Commission has found and determined in its Resolution No. 800 that
<br />there is a substantial presence of factors such as excessive vacant land on which
<br />structures were previously located, abandoned or vacant buildings, old buildings,
<br />excessive vacancies, substandard structures, and delinquency in payment of real
<br />property taxes in the Area; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Commission has submitted its Resolution No. 800, together with
<br />supporting data, to the Area Plan Commission of St. Joseph County, and the Area Plan
<br />Commission of St. Joseph County by its Resolution No. 92, adopted on May 19, 1987,
<br />approved, ratified and confirmed the Development Plan and determined that Resolution
<br />No. 800 and the Development Plan conform to the master plan of development for the
<br />City of South Bend; and
<br />WHEREAS, the South Bend Common Council, as governing body of the City, is
<br />required by the Act to approve an order of the Plan Commission and is further
<br />required by certain provisions of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 to designate the area
<br />as blighted and to adopt the Development Plan; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Common Council has received from the Commission certain findings of
<br />fact which concern the location, physical condition of structures, land use,
<br />environmental influences and other economic conditions of the Area, a copy of which
<br />findings of fact are attached hereto and incorporated fully herein as Exhibit A; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Common Council is cognizant of
<br />under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
<br />shall, on the grounds of race, age, sex, color,
<br />excluded from participation in or be denied the
<br />discrimination in the undertaking and carrying
<br />project.
<br />the conditions that are imposed
<br />as amended, providing that no person
<br />religion, or national origin, be
<br />benefits of, or be subjected to
<br />Dut of any federally- assisted
<br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the South Bend Common Council, as follows:
<br />Section 1. The order of the Area Plan Commission of St. Joseph County, pursuant
<br />to its Resolution No. 92, attached hereto as Exhibit B and made a part hereof, is in
<br />all respects approved.
<br />Section 2. The Common Council hereby finds and determines that there is a
<br />substantial presence of factors such as excessive vacant land on which structures
<br />were previously located, abandoned or vacant buildings, old buildings, excessive
<br />vacancies, substandard structures and delinquency in payment of real property taxes
<br />in the Area.
<br />Section 3. The Common Council hereby finds and determines, based upon the
<br />aforementioned evidence consisting of the maps and plats of the Area and findings of
<br />fact now submitted to it, that the Area which has previously been found by the
<br />Commission to be blighted, continues to be blighted to an extent that cannot be
<br />corrected by regulatory processes or by the ordinary operation of private enterprise
<br />without resort to the Act and that the public health and welfare will continue to be
<br />benefitted by the continued acquisition and redevelopment of the Area under the Act.
<br />Section 4. The Common Council hereby finds that the Area continues to be a
<br />menace to the social and economic interest of the City and its inhabitants, and it
<br />will continue to be of public utility and benefit to continue to acquire and
<br />redevelop the Area under the Act.
<br />Section 5. The Common Council hereby finds and determines that the objectives
<br />of the Development Plan cannot be achieved through more extensive rehabilitation of
<br />the area.
<br />Section 6. The Common Council hereby finds and determines that the Area
<br />consists of four hundred forty -seven (447) acres and is contiguous and compact.
<br />Section 7. To the extent that qualified redevelopment bonds under Section
<br />144(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 are issued to pay for all or a part of
<br />the redevelopment within the area, the use of proceeds of such bond issues shall be
<br />limited as required by Section 144(c), and no use of the property within the area
<br />shall be allowed which use would be prohibited by Section 144(c).
<br />Section 8. The Common Council hereby finds and determines that the Commission
<br />Resolution No. 800 and the Development Plan are in all respects approved and adopted
<br />and directs the City Clerk to file certified copies thereof with the minutes of this
<br />meeting.
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